Sendme
Shares rank 15 of 17 file transfer apps by recommenders
A free command-line tool for peer-to-peer file transfer between devices, with no central server and no size limits, built on the Iroh networking library.
A free command-line tool for peer-to-peer file transfer between devices, with no central server and no size limits, built on the Iroh networking library.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Direct transfer without a central server
“there are no limits whatsoever for sending and receiving files, because there's no central server”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Ask HN: What file sharing apps do you guys use?” “I regularly use their sendme cli for peer to peer file transfer”
Comment from 19 Mar 2026 in “Noq: n0's new QUIC implementation in Rust”
Other file transfer apps people recommend
The four most recommended other file transfer apps, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LocalSend | 81 | 25 | 76% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Magic Wormhole | 21 | 6 | 78% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Kermit | 15 | 4 | 79% | 2 | — | — |
| croc | 13 | 3 | 81% | 5 | — | Approved |
| SendmeThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a very useful standalone tool”
“works on all operating systems that we use internally, and we frequently use it to send around qlog files”
“Iroh's protocol can figure out if the devices are on the same LAN and avoid going over the internet.”
“there are no limits whatsoever for sending and receiving files, because there's no central server”
“Great thing about it is it's a just a binary that you can fetch using curl anywhere”
“They've built an amazing toolkit that's such a joy to build with.”
“I regularly use their sendme cli for peer to peer file transfer”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.